Broom and the like



W. E. KILLINGER ANU F. S. SEWART.

BBOOM AND THE LIKE.

APPLlc/nmu FILED MH. 2. 1920..

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OKLAHOMA.

BROOM AND THE LIKE.

Application filed January 2, 1920.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM E. KIL- LINGER and F RANoIs S. STEWART, of Oklahoma city, Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms and the like, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX'act description thereof.

The object of our invention is to reduce the cost of brooms, whisk brooms, brushes, etc., which comprise bundles or bunches of broom corn, hair or the like and a handle or holder, and this we do by making it unnecessary to throw away the handle or holder when the brushing or sweeping member wears out,-it being possible with our invention to use the same handle or holder over and over again. l

To illustrate our invention, we show it in the drawings as embodied in a iioor-sweeping broom, but it is to be understood that this is merely one application of our invention for it is applicable to other brush or broom like appliances.

In the drawings Y Figure 1 is a side elevation of a floor broom constructed in accordancewith our invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail view, in vertical section, on a larger scale;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3--3 of Fig. 2;

Figs. 4L and 5 are, respectively, views in elevation, of the case closure and latch device.

, Fig. 6 is a detail horizontal section through the latch and adjacent parts.

Referring to the broom shown in the drawings, the broom corn or straw 10, at one end, is bound by a metal strip 11 that forms in effect, a thin-walled oblong metal casing, with iiat sides and flat end walls, and such casing tapers to its upper end. This metalwrapped end of the broom head is inserted in a correspondingly shaped cavity in a Y metal shell or case 12 which has at one end,

at the transverse center, a socket 13 to receive the reduced end of the stick or handle 111, a ferrule 15 being slipped over adjacent portions of socket and stick.

At one edge, or narrow side, the case 12 is Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1920.

Serial No. 348,881.

cut away toprovide a vertical slot or opening 16 of a size to permit the insertion of the broom head into the casing by a sidewise movement, so as to pass the bottom edge of the metal strip 11 above a lug 17 on the inside of the case, and when the broom head is thus inserted, the opening 16 is closed by a plate 18 that has on its inner side a lug 19 similar to the lug 17 and that catches over the underside of the strip 11 adjacent thereto. The plate 18 is pivotally connected to the case by a cross pin 20, and it has a latch 21 adapted at either end to interlock with an L-shaped slot 22 in the side wall of the case adjacent the opening 16. The broom head is thus readily applied to and efficiently secured within the case, and with equal facility it may be removed, as when worn, for replacement. Extending lengthwise of the case from the lug 17, is a rib or key 23 that is V-shaped in cross-section, that enters and fits a Correspondingly-shaped groove 24 in the metal strip 11, and a similar rib or key 25 is provided on the plate 18 that fits a complementary groove 26 in the case. By said key and groove device, the broom head is rigidly held or supported.

The latch 21 with its slot engaging ends 26 is on the inside of the plate 18, and outside the plate 18 it has a head or button 2T by which it may be slid vertically to engage its ends 26 with or disengage them from the slots 22, the plate 18 having a slot 28 for the play of the connection between the latch and its button.

It will be seen that by our invention, by a simple and comparatively inexpensive device, a worn out broom or brush head can be discarded, and a new or fresh one substituted, and the only loss is from the worn out straw or other brushing material.

lVe claim 2- 1. An article of the class described, comprising a brush member and a case with which the latter is detachably connected, said case having on its interior, at opposite ends, inwardly projecting lugs that engage the brush member, and a rib extending vertically from each lug and engaging the brush member.

2. An article of the class described, comprising a brush member having a strip-like binding and it case in which said member is removably secured, said member With its binding being bodily removable and insert ible by an end-Wise movement, said case having lugs that overlap the bottom edge of said strip, one lug being stationary on the oase Wall and the other movable into and out of engagement With the bottom edge of the strip. 10 In testimony that We claimthe foregoing, We have hereunto set our hands.

WILLIAM EDWIN KILLINGER. FRANCIS SEIGLE STEWART. 

